Charlie
February 17th, 2003, 11:38 AM
We are almost up to 50 members here on the forums. Considering that we started in November, we are attracting people at a pretty good rate. I admit that I am a little surprised at how quickly this has grown - and I think it is a lot of fun. smile.gif
When these forums began, everything was set up as I thought it should be. Now that we have some members, it's time to ask for opinions of what you would like to see here on the forums. If you have ideas for changes, etc., please post them here.
Bear in mind that it is my opinion that the forum structure should be kept simple. I think that having just one forum (like a Yahoo! Group) where everything just goes into one discussion forum, is too broad. Likewise, I think it is bad to be spread out too thin. For example, I think that it would be counter-productive to have 10 forums to discuss every facet of the program.
The format we have now; 1 forum to discuss the program, 1 forum to discuss trading and acquiring episodes, and 1 off-topic forum where we can discuss things such as technical aspects of the program (listening and editing software, hardware, etc.) and any other (non-controversial) topics that people want to discuss.
One thing that has not happened here is any discussions about present world events. Some of you folks know that I do operate a very large forum site that has over 2000 members and we have had people start discussions about present world affairs there and it has strained some friendships. So, let's not even get into that here - and I thank you all for not getting any of that started. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen and people feel passionately both ways and since this is a site for fun, we won't even begin to discuss that sort of stuff here. smile.gif
You will also note that I have from time to time moved a thread from one forum to another, and even spilt a topic into two parts. This software has the ability to spin off posts into a new topic. If a thread starts going off-topic, I will just take those posts and make a new topic. Hopefully, that will not be confusing, and also, hopefully no one will get angry if I move a thread from one forum to another if I think it is better suited there.
To the point of this thread now ... if you have suggestions, comments, etc., on how we can make these forums better, feel free to comment. smile.gif
Charlie
When these forums began, everything was set up as I thought it should be. Now that we have some members, it's time to ask for opinions of what you would like to see here on the forums. If you have ideas for changes, etc., please post them here.
Bear in mind that it is my opinion that the forum structure should be kept simple. I think that having just one forum (like a Yahoo! Group) where everything just goes into one discussion forum, is too broad. Likewise, I think it is bad to be spread out too thin. For example, I think that it would be counter-productive to have 10 forums to discuss every facet of the program.
The format we have now; 1 forum to discuss the program, 1 forum to discuss trading and acquiring episodes, and 1 off-topic forum where we can discuss things such as technical aspects of the program (listening and editing software, hardware, etc.) and any other (non-controversial) topics that people want to discuss.
One thing that has not happened here is any discussions about present world events. Some of you folks know that I do operate a very large forum site that has over 2000 members and we have had people start discussions about present world affairs there and it has strained some friendships. So, let's not even get into that here - and I thank you all for not getting any of that started. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen and people feel passionately both ways and since this is a site for fun, we won't even begin to discuss that sort of stuff here. smile.gif
You will also note that I have from time to time moved a thread from one forum to another, and even spilt a topic into two parts. This software has the ability to spin off posts into a new topic. If a thread starts going off-topic, I will just take those posts and make a new topic. Hopefully, that will not be confusing, and also, hopefully no one will get angry if I move a thread from one forum to another if I think it is better suited there.
To the point of this thread now ... if you have suggestions, comments, etc., on how we can make these forums better, feel free to comment. smile.gif
Charlie